HSK 6 · Media

雕刻 diāokè “to carve” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 雕刻 means

  1. to carve
  2. to engrave
  3. carving

How to say 雕刻

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale雕diāo1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale刻kè4th tone, falling

雕刻 in a sentence

  1. 这座雕像是由樱木雕刻而成。

    Zhè zuò diāoxiàng shì yóu yīngmù diāokè ér chéng.

    This statue was carved from cherry wood.

    Sentence #2029294 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 雕刻 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 雕 (diāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
雕diāoto carve
  • 周Zhou dynasty · zhōuSound part
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuīMeaning part

隹 hints at the meaning (short-tailed bird); 周 (zhōu) hints at the sound. Compare it with diāo.

The character 刻 (kè) with each of its parts in a different colour
刻kèquarter
  • 亥part of the characterSound part
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāoMeaning part

How to write 雕刻

雕 16 strokes · 刻 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

雕刻 (diāokè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 雕刻 (diāokè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 雕刻

Words with 雕

雕塑diāosù · sculpture

Words with 刻

刻kè · quarter hour立刻lìkè · immediately时刻shíkè · time刻苦kèkǔ · hardworking深刻shēnkè · profound片刻piànkè · a moment刻不容缓kèbùrónghuǎn · extremely urgent

More words: Media & Arts

标题biāotí · title布告bùgào · notice传单chuándān · leaflet创作chuàngzuò · to create雕塑diāosù · sculpture对联duìlián · couplet (on scrolls beside a door)发布fābù · to release发行fāxíng · to issue

FAQs

雕刻 (diāokè) means “to carve” or “to engrave”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it diāokè: diāo with a 1st tone, then kè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 雕刻 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type diaoke with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 雕刻 from the suggestions. Typing diaoke into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
雕刻 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.